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Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	12 January 1998
Competitors	27
Winning time	1 minute 47.41 seconds
Medalists
Michael Klim    Australia   Massimiliano Rosolino    Italy   Pieter v.d. Hoogenband    Netherlands
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metres freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Monday 12 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

Rank	Name	Time
	Michael Klim (AUS)	1:47.41
	Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)	1:48.30
	Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)	1:48.65
4	Jacob Carstensen (DEN)	1:49.74
5	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:50.05
6	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	1:50.08
7	Paul Palmer (GBR)	1:50.43
8	Gustavo Borges (BRA)	1:50.47

Rank	Name	Time
9	Josh Davis (USA)	1:49.66
10	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	1:49.75
11	Trent Bray (NZL)	1:50.04
12	James Salter (GBR)	1:50.27
13	Shunsuke Ito (JPN)	1:51.38
14	Steffen Zesner (GER)	1:51.57
15	Danyon Loader (NZL)	1:51.84
16	Béla Szabados (HUN)	1:52.54

Rank	Name	Time
1	Michael Klim (AUS)	1:47.96
2	Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)	1:48.93
3	Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)	1:49.29
4	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:49.54
5	Gustavo Borges (BRA)	1:49.64
6	Paul Palmer (GBR)	1:50.30
7	Jacob Carstensen (DEN)	1:50.37
8	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	1:50.38
9	Danyon Loader (NZL)	1:50.45
	Trent Bray (NZL)
11	Josh Davis (USA)	1:50.65
12	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	1:50.80
13	James Salter (GBR)	1:50.91
14	Béla Szabados (HUN)	1:51.06
15	Shunsuke Ito (JPN)	1:51.17
16	Steffen Zesner (GER)	1:51.19
17	Marcel Wouda (NED)	1:51.40
18	Jacob Rasmussen (DEN)	1:51.58
19	Andrei Cecan (MDA)	1:51.68
20	Alexei Stepanov (RUS)	1:51.76
21	Anders Lyrbring (SWE)	1:51.86
22	Javier Botello (ESP)	1:53.23
23	Petter Lindh (SWE)	1:53.45
24	Jure Bučar (SLO)	1:53.70
25	Craig Hutchison (CAN)	1:53.78
26	Juan Torrado (ESP)	1:53.85
27	Dimitrios Manganas (GRE)	1:53.86

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 200m Freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 200m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 200m Freestyle (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 200m Freestyle (Sydney)

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.